Stenotrophomonas maltophilia isolates have been recovered from various clinical samples, including the respiratory tract of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients, but this organism is also widespread in nature. Previously it has been shown that there is a considerable genomic diversity within S. maltophilia. The aims of our study were to determine the taxonomic resolution of restriction fragment length...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia uses the Diffusible Signal Factor (DSF) quorum sensing (QS) system to mediate intra- and inter-specific signaling and regulate virulence-related processes. The components of this system are encoded by the rpf cluster, with genes rpfF and rpfC encoding for the DSF synthase RpfF and sensor RpfC, respectively. Recently, we have shown that there exist two variants of th...

Trypsin is required in the hemagglutinin (HA) cleavage to in vitro influenza viruses activation. This HA cleavage is necessary for virus cell entry by receptor-mediated endocytosis. Bacteria in the respiratory tract are potential sources of proteases that could contribute to the cleavage of influenza virus in vivo. From 47 samples collected from horses, pigs, and from humans, influenza presence...

In this study, physiological processes were analysed, which are involved in salt acclimation of two Stenotrophomonas species, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia strain DSM 50170 and Stenotrophomonas rhizophila strain DSM 14405. S. maltophilia accumulated trehalose as the only osmolyte, whereas S. rhizophila produced additionally to trehalose glucosylglycerol (GG). The different spectrum and amounts o...

Two bacterial isolates were obtained in axenic culture from the rhizosphere soil of Astragalus bisulcatus, a legume able to hyperaccumulate selenium. Both strains resulted of particular interest for their high resistance to the toxic oxyanion SeO3(2-) (selenite, Se(IV)). On the basis of molecular and biochemical analyses, these two isolates were attributed to the species Bacillus mycoides and S...

Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an emerging opportunistic pathogen with an increasing prevalence of multidrug-resistant strains. Here, we report the draft genome sequence of S. maltophilia strain M30, isolated from a pressure ulcer in an elderly patient.

Introduction: Stenotrophomonas maltophilia is an opportunistic gram-negative rod emerging as a cause of various multidrug-resistant infections. Case Report: We report a case of implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) pocket infection caused by S. maltophilia in an 85-year-old male. The patient recovered after ICD removal and antimicrobial therapy with ceftazidime. Conclusion: As ICD implan...